UCT Open Initiative's Michelle Willmers on the state of Open Access

Michelle Willmers on the state of Open Access: Where are we, what still needs to be done?

One of a series exploring the current state of Open Access ......  Michelle Willmers, Project Manager of the OpenUCT Initiative at the University of Cape Town in South Africa

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Does the Library have a role in scholarly communicaton?

Recent developments in scholarly communication: a review

This review article on recent developments in scholarly communication focuses on the content of three 2013 publications.

 

 

(Scholarly communication is defined by the Association of College and Research Libraries as ‘the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use’ (Association of College and Research Libraries))